Multistate Bar Examination - Bar Study Aids

Why do I need to take a supplemental review course?There are two main reasons. First, a majority of law school graduates preparing for the bar enroll in a comprehensive review course such as Bar/Bri. These courses prepare you for all aspects of the bar exam, but AdaptiBar is dedicated to preparing you for the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) portion of the bar exam.

Supplementing your comprehensive course with AdaptiBar gives you an advantage over those who choose not to enroll. First, AdaptiBar uses only authentic, licensed MBE questions; no simulated questions like most courses. AdaptiBar is the only program that truly adapts to you by learning your weak areas and emphasizing them so you spend time studying where you need it. Additionally, AdaptiBar teaches you every aspect of your timing, so you can perfect it and not have to worry about the clock on test day. And it improves your confidence going into the exam by providing a realistic projection of your chances for success.(back to top)

What is the bar passage rate for AdaptiBar students?GREAT question! Other bar preparation companies sucker students into thinking that they have these amazingly-high bar passage rates. Don't be a sucker!

The truth is that in almost every state, it is impossible for other prep companies to find out how many of their students passed the bar. That is private information! Rather than giving you bogus numbers, we give you a solid product that makes sense, with a guarantee, at a fraction of the cost!(back to top)

Who writes the exam questions in the AdaptiBar program?Absolutely all of the questions in the AdaptiBar database were written by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). The NCBE is the organization that writes the questions for the MBE portion of your bar exam. This differentiates AdaptiBar from every other product of its kind on the market. Other bar exam review courses either a) employ people to write questions that attempt to simulate those appearing on the Bar ; or, b) mix NCBE-authored questions with a majority of simulated questions.

With other review courses, you have to ask yourself, "do these questions accurately reflect what I'll see on the Bar?" Stop guessing!! AdaptiBar licenses previous MBE questions as well as their answers directly from the NCBE.

The AdaptiBar Team felt it was important to provide students with a product that truly represents the form and content of the MBE. You can be confident that each question reflects the type and difficulty of questions you'll see on the Bar. In addition, AdaptiBar's broad array of questions provides you wide exposure to each of the MBE subject areas. After completing AdaptiBar, you can be confident that you have done everything possible to prepare for the MBE.(back to top)

Who writes the explanations for the AdaptiBar questions?AdaptiBar provides users with comprehensive explanations for the questions that appear in the program. Not only does AdaptiBar provide an explanation describing why the correct answer is correct, but we also provide explanations for why the incorrect answers are incorrect.

These explanations were authored by law professors, practicing attorneys and legal experts from across the country. Each expert was provided with a set of questions in their area of expertise and the correct answers. Then the explanations were reviewed by recent, successful examinees to ensure that the "red herrings" you might find on test day are clearly pointed out to you.

At AdaptiBar, we check and then we double check. The AdaptiBar Team believes in quality service - it's important to us that you pass the Bar.(back to top)

How does AdaptiBar work?AdaptiBar employs the most advanced technology available to make your MBE preparation efficient and effective. To learn more about the patent-pending technology implemented in the AdaptiBar program, click here.(back to top)

Why don't I just buy the same questions from the NCBE for less money than AdaptiBar?You can! Except that when you buy the questions from the NCBE, they don't come with the explanations of why each answer is correct or incorrect. So you can see what they look like, but if you get one wrong, you probably won't know why. That's the wrong way to study.(back to top)

How does AdaptiBar help improve my exam-taking skills?AdaptiBar improves your skills in many ways.

The Multistate Bar Exam requires you to answer 200 questions in 6 hours - that gives you 1.8 minutes per question. As you prepare for exam day, AdaptiBar tracks and reports your response time so that you learn to work at a rate that will not only allow you to finish on time, but finish with the highest rate of accuracy.

Also, AdaptiBar helps you find the pace that works for you. Using innovative and patent-pending technology, AdaptiBar evaluates your response time in relation your accuracy rate and calculates your "sweet spot" - the speed at which you answer most accurately. For example, you might get 80% right if you take 1.6 minutes per question, but only 50% right if you rush through at 1.3 minutes per question. This feedback develops or refines your internal timing.(back to top)

Do I get books when I enroll?Don't you already have enough books? Aren't you sick of lugging them around everywhere? Instead of printing the review materials in book form, AdaptiBar stores the information online. This makes studying with AdaptiBar the most efficient method of bar review preparation available. With AdaptiBar you can study at the convenience of any Internet-enabled machine; anytime, anywhere.(back to top)

How do I access AdaptiBar?To begin with, you have to complete the enrollment process on this website. Next, you will receive an order confirmation via e-mail complete with your login credentials. After receiving your order confirmation, you will return to www.adaptibar.com and login at the top of the home page. The website is your portal to the application.

To take a guided product tour, click here.(back to top)

When is my AdaptiBar account active? When will it expire?When you enroll, you specify the date of your bar exam. Your AdaptiBar account is active during the months prior to your bar exam. The AdaptiBar activation schedules for various bar exam dates are outlined below:

If you are taking the bar exam in...	then your account will be active from...
July	March 1 through July 31
February	August 1 through February 28

If you attempt to use your user name after your activation period has ended, you will receive a message notifying you that your account has expired. You will see an option to reenroll in the program for only $195.(back to top)

Can I split the program with a friend and share the password?Is that a patch on your left eye, matey? Software pirates aren't welcome at AdaptiBar. Technically, under the terms of the AdaptiBar agreement, you are not allowed to give your password to your friends. However, if you decide to break the law before you even earn the right to practice it, we have measures in place to prevent you from doing that.

But why would you want to? AdaptiBar is designed around you, the individual. So that means that if you use the program and then stop and let your friend pick up where you left off, the whole program gets thrown out of whack. Look, we all know that your friend is a lot smarter than you are. Say your friend is a contracts ace. His performance will "tell" the program that you don't need to concentrate on contracts. But knowing your grade in contracts as a 1L, we know that you need a little help in that subject. Catch the drift?

Everyone has different levels of proficiency in different subjects. Although AdaptiBar is the most advanced product on the market, it still isn't smart enough to know the difference between you and your friend. Choose piracy, and you'll both be out of luck.(back to top)

Do I always have to access AdaptiBar from the same computer?No. For your convenience, you can access AdaptiBar from any computer or PDA with an Internet connection. Now you can study for the bar anywhere - at work, at home, at school, at a friend's house, at an Internet café, from your cell phone - whenever you have a few minutes free. Welcome to the 21st Century! Visit our new mobile-enabled site at http://adaptibar.mobi from your handheld device!(back to top)

Will AdaptiBar work on a Mac?AdaptiBar will work on any computer that has an Internet connection. What matters is the browser you use to view web pages. AdaptiBar works best with Internet Explorer, but will function properly with any of the most popular browsers.(back to top)

How many MBE questions do I have access to? What happens if I finish all of the available questions?There are just about 1250 licensed questions, the entire universe of available questions from the NCBE. If you finish all of the questions in every area of law, they will begin to repeat. Don't worry though, after doing so many questions, if you have to repeat them and you remember seeing them before, you are in good shape because you are learning and remembering, which is the whole point of studying!(back to top)